Items related to The Passages of Joy
The Passages of Joy, published in 1982, saw Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers. The poems combine personal directness with an apparently effortless technical assurance.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Thom Gunn was born in Gravesend, Kent in 1929. He published his first book of poems, Fighting Terms (1954), while he was still an undergraduate at Cambridge. That same year, he moved to California and stayed there for the rest of his life, teaching at Berkeley and living in San Francisco. He published nine books of poetry, including The Man with Night Sweats, which won the Forward Prize for Poetry in 1992, and Boss Cupid (2000). Gunn also published a Collected Poems (1994) and two collections of essays, The Occasions of Poetry (1982) and Shelf Life (1993). He was awarded many major prizes and fellowships from the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. Thom Gunn died in 2004.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherFarrar Straus Giroux
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0374229902
- ISBN 13 9780374229900
- BindingPaperback
- Rating
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BP/Poetry. Seller Inventory # ABE-1652675876163
Buy Used
£ 16.40
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Softcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover. Condition: Fine. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Fine in wrappers. Seller Inventory # 34257
Buy Used
£ 16.40
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar Straus Giroux, New York
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. HARDCOVER, tan 1/4 cloth, mint green paper covered boards. First American edition. As issued. Illus. dust jacket is slightly toned by age along top edge, otherwise as issued, now in mylar. [vi],85 pp. ASIN: B00G6D7S9G. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 042721
Buy Used
£ 16.40
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. 85p., very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Poetry. Seller Inventory # 19504
Buy Used
£ 27.48
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. 1st US. (1st US) Slightly smaller, thinner book, cream cloth spine, light green boards, dark blue lettering on spine, 85 pages. DJ glossy white beneath mylar, color design in purple and green on front and spine, pencil sketch of Gunn by himself on back. DJ and book, both Very Fine. Seller Inventory # 38309
Buy Used
£ 30.34
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Softcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Just about fine in wrappers. Seller Inventory # 273936
Buy Used
£ 45.11
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar Straus Giroux
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very good plus copy in hardcover with very good jacket. General inscription on title page, "To who(m)ever Thom Gunn." Light shelf-wear Jacket has toning along edges, very light rubbing. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 043844
Buy Used
£ 49.21
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Softcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in wrappers. Seller Inventory # 104242
Buy Used
£ 53.31
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
First Edition
Signed
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description No Binding. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy of the first American edition in equally fine jacket. This particular copy is made more desirable by the poet's signature on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000160
Buy Used
£ 61.51
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Passages of Joy
Published by
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, New York
(1982)
ISBN 10: 0374229902
ISBN 13: 9780374229900
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First American printing. Jacket faintly tanned, in mylar. Signed by Gunn on the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 120226
Buy Used
£ 82.01
Convert currency